“Eating rice cakes is like chewing on a foam coffee cup, only less filling.”

“You can tell alot about a fellow's character by his way of eating jellybeans.”

“If we as a society are willing to have a preference for organic food, the farmer can pass on the savings.”

“My philosophy from day one is that I can sleep better at night if I can improve an individual's knowledge about food and wine, and do it on a daily basis.”

“I've been to therapists my whole life. I find the less attention I pay to food, the healthier I am. Any obsession is dangerous. And a whole country that's obsessed with one thing, unless it's, like, jeans, it's very dangerous. Everyone's obsessed right now with carbohydrates in this country. It's ridiculous.”

“It's almost seems as though there's a battle going on between the public and all the fast-food establishments, and, believe me, I think it's very tasty food.”

“I need my food to keep my energy up, so I can't really diet.”

“To me, food is as much about the moment, the occasion, the location and the company as it is about the taste.”

“If we gave up eating beef we would have roughly 20 to 30 times more land for food than we have now.”